Silvertip Mountain Light of a clear blue morning

Can we bump this up to when he gets back?

After a small snack and a fitful nap, Day blinked his eyes open to sunlight that was almost agonizingly bright. A quiet grumble made its way past his teeth, but he was in good spirits despite his talk with Steady and all that had happened on his journey. Thoughts of Amber still stole his attention more often than he would've allowed, had it been his choice, but all things considered, there were a lot of worse things that could be going on. A little crush wasn't so bad, in the grand scheme of things.

And if the Cat and Calf looked on him with favor, maybe she would become more than a crush in a few weeks time - he still fully intended to go and find her at Silver Creek. Maybe she would graduate to Mother of his Children before too long.

His thoughts wandered thusly as he made his way down to the falls for a drink. He was so absorbed in happy daydreams that he didn't see Adeline until he was almost upon her, and only then did other memories of his trip come back to him.

"Hey, Addie," he said, happy to see her but those eyes - he couldn't look right at her, for fear of seeing that hatred again. "What are you up to?" he wondered, determined not to mention the other girl.